By Sivasankar venkatakrishnan (oshovenkat)
As a parent, I feel deeply hurt and disheartened by the way the university has handled its B.Tech admission process. My daughter worked hard, appeared for the entrance exam, and secured a rank of 27,459. Based on their system, she was invited for counselling.
To confirm her participation, we were asked to pay a non-refundable counselling fee of ₹5,900. For many families, this is not a small amount, yet we paid with faith, believing her effort would be valued.
We were given a date for choice filling, but later her counselling was suddenly shifted to Phase 3 (25/05/25). With patience, we waited for that day, only to discover that the only option available was the Bhopal campus. The preferred campuses like Vellore and Chennai were no longer even shown.
When we enquired directly, the Vellore campus confirmed that admissions were already over for ranks beyond 20,000 and advised us not to wait further.
This leaves us with a painful question:
If they already knew admissions would close within 20,000 ranks, why invite students beyond that rank? Why collect money when there was never a real chance?
It feels less like an admission process and more like a trap — a way to collect money from thousands of families who trusted the system. This is not just about money. It is about the dreams of children, the hopes of parents, and the trust we placed in the institution.
What is even more disheartening is what we later came to know: some students with ranks above 1.5 lakhs were admitted through agencies and recommendations. This clearly shows that merit was not the guiding principle in the process.
Life often teaches us through pain. This experience has shown me how easily trust can be broken when systems are driven not by fairness but by profit. Parents and students invest not just money, but their time, energy, and emotions. To play with those dreams is a cruelty that leaves deep scars.
I share this not out of anger alone, but out of a sincere wish:
Let no other parent or student go through this heartbreak again.